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Una Porta per Ogni Cuore by Seanan McGuire

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12nyoi's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

creo que tiene un concepto bastante interesante y que si hubiese sido escrito y desarrollado de diferente manera tal vez hubiera sido mejor. la escritura no es tan buena.

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i_mina_i's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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oliverreeds's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

really good. why wasn’t it longer. i liked it a lot.

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crownoflaurel's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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egernand's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I feel like this story should have been more reflective, but wasn't given time to breathe due to the plot barging in. I don't feel that the plot added much, and prevented the character exploration or some of the setting exploration I wish would have taken place. Also, it was jarring and characters' roles/reactions to it damaged my suspension of disbelief. I liked the initial ideas of this story, but was unsatisfied by the direction it went.

The story is about children who had adventures in other worlds, and have now returned to the normal world and have to figure out how to cope. I thought that would be the focus of the book, and that it would explore things like the drastically different scope of what's important, coming from magical/extremely other worlds where you might die, or are saving the world, or are stuck as a servant, etc, returning to a world where you're just expected to do well in school, act nice to other children, behave for your family, etc. The plot overrode any deep exploration of that position these people find themselves in.

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ok7a's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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rachelwile's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this book and absolutely recommend it. It is a novella, so there is not heavy world-building which did leave me wanting more but luckily it's a series so I'm excited to dive into the next one! What I have learned so far about the different worlds I find utterly fascinating, I only wish there was more time in this book to explore. Once I complete the series I'll see if I've changed my mind on this.

A word of caution, however, is I would encourage readers not to pick this up in close proximity to reading House in the Cerulean Sea. They are certainly unique and separate in their own ways, but having read them only a couple of months apart, I did find myself drawing many comparisons which tainted my experience slightly. They are both worth the read, but perhaps try and space them out so the memory of one is not so fresh when reading the next.

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